Overview
- Prosecutors in Bavaria, who filed the indictment Monday, accuse the 53-year-old of instigating 74 acts of sexual abuse and allege he once flew to the Philippines to assault the child himself.
- Investigators say he first paid the girl's mother for videos and images, then ordered live sexual acts over a messenger app in a form of abuse that streams in real time for pay.
- Police special units arrested the suspect in May 2025 during raids that seized phones, computers and weapons, and an initial review found numerous images including severe child sexual abuse.
- The regional court in Nuremberg-Fürth now decides whether to open a trial, while the man remains in pre-trial detention.
- The case grew from a tip that moved from a Philippine aid group to Australian authorities to Germany's federal police, and inquiries continue into the girl's identity, exact age and any other suspects.